Wall-covering.



W. M. STEVBNSON. WALL GOVEBING. Nuon-Ion FILED 11ov.1o, 190s.

Patented Nov.30, 1909.

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'entren erratas rairiivr IVILLIAM M. STETJENSON, 0F INDIAN @RCI-IARD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNCR TC HODGES FIBER CARPET COMPANY, OF INDIAN CRCI-IARD, MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- PORATION OF MAINE.

WALL-COVERING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLniM M. STEVEN- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Tall-Coverings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of wall coverings which have a face of woven fabric and a backing of paper, one object of my invention being to so construct a wall covering of this class that there will be no tendency to warping or distortion due to uneven expansion or contraction of either member of the same, and a further object being to obtain ornamental effects not possible with such wall coverings as heretofore made.

In the accompanying' drawing Figure l is a face view of a piece of wall covering` made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. Q is an exaggerated section of the same on the line o o, Fig. l.

Prior to my invention wall coverings have been proposed in which a facing of woven textile material has been combined with a backing of paper, but more or less ditliculty is experienced in the production of a wall covering of this class, owing to the fact that when first moistened and then dried the two members of the covering have different qualities of expansion and con- `traction, thereby leading to warping or distortion of the composite fabric and materially impairing the appearance of the same.

In carrying out my invention therefor I produce a facing fabric in which weft threads l, of paper, are interwoven with warp threads 2, of cotton or other textile material, the bullr of the weft threads being so much in excess of that of the warp threads that said woven fabric is, to all intents and purposes, a paper fabric.

To the fabric thus produced is secured, by means of any suitable paste or cement, a backing 3 of paper which is impervious to moisture, whereby the paste used in securing the covering to the wall cannot gain access to the facing fabric or pass or be visible through the meshes of said fabric.

Both the facing fabric and the paper backing are rendered :moist by the paste or Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flled November 10, 1903.

Patented Nov. 3Q, i909.

Serial No. 461,969.

cement which is used to unite them, but, owing to the use of paper weft threads in the facing' fabric, the lat-ter and thc paper backing have substantially the same qualities of expansion and contraction, hence there is no tendency to warping or distortion of one or the other and a composite web which is smooth or fiat bot-h on the face and back is produced.

Vif hen an ordinary woven fabric having substantially round threads is used for the face of the composite web, said threads have but a limited area of contact with the paper backing, and the paste which unites the two must be so generously applied that it has a tendency to find its way through the meshes of the face fabric and spoils the appearance of the same, but the paper weft threads which I use in my facing fabric are substantially fiat, and the paste or cement used for securing said facing fabric to the paper backing may be so thin and may be applied so lightly that this objection is overcome.

I find, in fact, that I can use a woven face fabric of open mesh and I am thereby enabled not only to reduce the weight of the composite web and increase its fiexibility but I can, if desired, use a paper backing of a color different from that of the face fabric, and thereby produce an ornamental result because of the contrast between the face and the back, where the latter is visible through the meshes of the face fabric. rlhe use of the paper weft threads also contributes to the reduction in the weight of the composite web.

I claim:

l. A wall covering having a face consisting of a woven fabric with paper weft threads and a paper backing to which said woven face fabric is pasted or cemented.

2. A wall covering having a face consisting of a woven fabric with paper weft threads and a paper backing to which said woven face fabric is pasted or cemented, said paper' backing being impervious to moisture.

3. A wall covering consisting of a woven face fabric of open mesh and having paper weft threads, and a paper backing to which said woven fabric is pasted or cemented and which is visible through the meshes of said face fabric.

4. A Wall covering eonsstng of a paper name to this specification, in the presence of baekmg and a Woven face Afahrle havmg two subserlbmg Wltnesses. substantmlly Hat weft threads of paper, the

flat fumer faces of said paper weft threads XVILLIAM M' STEVENSON' 5 being pasted or cemented to the paper back- Vtnesses:

ing. JAMES S. GILMORE,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my VALTER F. HODGES. 

